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Book Description: As research has begun to show, a surprising amount of gardening folklore is true. An apple a day helps keep the doctor away--apples contain pectin, which has germicidal qualities. Roses love old banana skins near their roots--the skins contain phosphates, calcium, magnesium, etc., in which many soils are deficient. If you cut yourself badly, wrap yarrow (achillea) round the wound--yarrow contains blood-clotting chemicals, which stop bleeding. Tips from the Old Gardeners offers hundreds of good ideas (and a few not-so-good ideas) about what to plant and where to plant it, which plants and animals will ward off garden pests, and which plants can serve as homeopathic remedies, plus quite a few belly laughs for contemporary gardeners--"if you want to know when to sow, take your trousers off and sit on the ground!"
| Author: | Duncan Crosbie | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 031 | | EAN: | 9781573242196 | | ISBN: | 1573242195 | | Number Of Pages: | 96 | | Publication Date: | 2005-01-20 |
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